Triple

T2146766
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Terrence McNally E47084 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object McNally
McNally is the surname of acclaimed American playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, known for his influential contributions to contemporary theater.
E240379 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: McNally | Statement: [Terrence McNally, familyName, McNally]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McNally
Context triple: [Terrence McNally, familyName, McNally]
  • A. Minnelli
    Minnelli is a distinguished Italian-American show business family name most famously associated with entertainer Liza Minnelli and film director Vincente Minnelli.
  • B. Mulally
    Mulally is the surname of Alan Mulally, the American engineer and former CEO known for leading major turnarounds at Boeing and Ford Motor Company.
  • C. Day O’Connor
    Day O’Connor is the family name of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
  • D. Kennelly
    Kennelly is a surname most notably associated with Arthur E. Kennelly, an influential electrical engineer and physicist known for his work on alternating current theory and the ionosphere.
  • E. Millar
    Millar is a surname and variant spelling of Miller, commonly found in English-speaking countries.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: McNally
Triple: [Terrence McNally, familyName, McNally]
Generated description
McNally is the surname of acclaimed American playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, known for his influential contributions to contemporary theater.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McNally
Target entity description: McNally is the surname of acclaimed American playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, known for his influential contributions to contemporary theater.
  • A. Minnelli
    Minnelli is a distinguished Italian-American show business family name most famously associated with entertainer Liza Minnelli and film director Vincente Minnelli.
  • B. Mulally
    Mulally is the surname of Alan Mulally, the American engineer and former CEO known for leading major turnarounds at Boeing and Ford Motor Company.
  • C. Day O’Connor
    Day O’Connor is the family name of Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve as a Justice on the United States Supreme Court.
  • D. Kennelly
    Kennelly is a surname most notably associated with Arthur E. Kennelly, an influential electrical engineer and physicist known for his work on alternating current theory and the ionosphere.
  • E. Millar
    Millar is a surname and variant spelling of Miller, commonly found in English-speaking countries.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69a88a1933e0819094f18426ed74180f completed March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abbe25d8848190a3ba691668a68e37 completed March 7, 2026, 5:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae58d75a5c8190b364a4ab5370558a completed March 9, 2026, 5:21 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae595a222881908d86ba8690c4fc65 completed March 9, 2026, 5:23 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae59efdf4c8190aaa1d63ce6e98696 completed March 9, 2026, 5:26 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:44 p.m.